The Sun. — London, England, 1836-10-27 00:00:00

LITERATURE. FORGET ME NOT. Ackerman, London, 1836. :e gener a ll y r uals, for t h,, y _. make a point of speaking well of the at : a ugh blast are delicate hot-house plants, which o f criticism would be very apt to blow to roorn in s• They are intended only to lie on a drawing whit ta ble,. c,r in a lady's boudoir ; to amuse for a brief B hort e ' "d 'then to be laid aside and forgotten. In Nal ' t he!" are, in the strictest sense of the term, An -01. 8' co ntradistinction to Perennials ; and we treat 11‘._111, accordingly as such pretty, harmless ephemera be treated. The little volume before us, the cias .corN e ,. s: me -not" is a very favourable sample of its v i th s ' ful l of Pleasing prose and verse, and embellished divers pleasinfr engravings. These last are more than num erous us iaal, and we do not err when we as t hat the e y are. a l so b etter execute d t h an an y we 444, met with i n the preceding volumes. Of the prose th i es the most effective is that which is placed first in 4nn ual, e4nd is called the " Sorceress. An ex- Inclodrf Line might be constructed from the mate tal 8 fUrnishe,(l by thi s s ti rr i ng li tt l e nouve ll e tt e . Th e " Linlithoo w C as tl e " i s a l so we ll wr itt en , Ive of a" , col isid er i ng i ts pauc i ty o f i nc id ent, i t i s some t°° I' 3rig. The " Nice Doctor" is the produc livei:! a. gentl eman name d D a l ton , an d i s to ld i n a ti on / tited m anner . A s regar d s t h e poet i ca l por °f t11(1 " Forget -M e -N o t," th e t wo b es t p oems , as nigh t ue expected, are from the practised pens of s;: es ontgomery, a uth o r of the " Wanderer of is serlar 4d," and Miss Landon. IS MIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) U tAL (FRO LLOYD'. Whol e ; 26 .—Win M d W., light S • breezes.—Sailed the Ar r i v the o utwar d - b oun d on their different destinations. for oer," It em the riv er an d proceeded the Francis, Bowenlies , tO ; oi Cha r l o tt e , —, for Campeachy ; Meg Morn- Rey , fivier, f or the Cape of Good Hope ; London Packet, aTs ''t Farr, • an d Circassian, Grant, for Lima. OCT. 26. —Wind W. N. W., fine weather. traospokrtion7m, OCT. 25.—Wind variable. Sailed the Stokesby pat h 'for Jamaica- STI M OU TB, 0 CT. 25.—Wind variable, light breezes. fr o% -;''IG4A.TE C',IEEK, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Resolution, Lane, I ~° c l ( .ssa. tro t s ' Or WIGHT, OCT. 9 6.--. Arrived off port the Gladiator, e) from New York. Rio L I II3 R , OCT. 24.—Arrived the Sarah, M'lntyre, from aneiro,. 41 1 ,1 1111 ; OCT. 24.—Arrived the Agenoria, Gibbon, from &r, on' and John and Thomas, Hive, from Memel. W (3cl "‘" OCT 25.—Arrived the John Barry, Ash, Memel. 33 a f rorn OCT. Arrived the Concordia, Armstrong, ti t ,vie Straits. Qt o .,"'L„' OCT. 25.—A rr i ve d t h e C omet, M anson , R y b y Pari sh, Venerable, M'Kenzie, Abram, Hollis, Andrew from b' V fright, Everthorpe, Johnson, and Zephyr, Ash, all L t „ "'is' Straits. tersb " I t, OCT. 25.—Arrived the Argo, Innes, from St. Pe itrg, h • flary b . ' l 'ER, OCT 24.—Arrived the Dorothea, Davison, and isab,,,llY, Thorn,. from Davis' Straits ; and Daisy, Jack, and pl4i, Brown, from St. Petersburgh. Itere 4.llol 7lll, OCT. 26.—The deck of a vessel, with a round her suPposed to belo n g to a Dutch vessel, was towed in 6 t t._ hz, Is morning. 40 11, w " 1 "1 1 OCT. 26.—The Spring, from Berwick to Lon -415 °°stiore here yesterday morning, and was got off on "ririP; tide, without apparent damage. di The (Iwsheriettore, Fisher, from Hamburgh to Newfoundland, was 1 1 at Ronaldshay on the 17th—crew saved. 'HE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) Arriv CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ,otters f ah this morning—Fnch anYorkd Ostend mails ; ship- Is 'lll Pern am bi no , and New. C THE FUNDS. tOtI tI Z IISOI s, which closed yesterday at E3Bi i for the Ac *ith i i ,°,Pened this morning at 881 ?,- ; same for Money, cou nt doing doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, lid., 3 1 dis -206 2 „ ; , 2 d., 1 3 prem. ; India Bond s , 3 5 ; B an k St oc k, 204 a he lndia do., 0 -56 257. 204 . V l e Foreign Market, Spanish A c ti ve , w hi c h c l ose d a t 6 5 2 1, , are. lower, 20* i; Passive, 5-4- 4 ; Portuguese, 54 ; tnree per Cents, 354. ILALF-PAST ONE. theetttsels may be quoted at ssi ,i,- for the Account ; Ex -14i14eY.• Bills 4 5 ; India Bonds 5 3 ; Bank Stock 206 ; ' St ki. oc _ . A 0 56 1 . he` 4 t he Foreign Market Spanish Acti v e Bond s con ti nue '1 , 1: at 20t- ; Passive 54 ; Deferred 84 ; Portuguese 55 ; e per Gents. 35-1 4.. Co THREE - THREE O'CLOCK. tor the Account, 8t! 4. r ThE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. ; 44 k St BRITISH FUNDS. a Per :ek . 1 , 4 e ~,,, it..z. ...................... 205% 1 Omni= p e t l lt Cu ............. . ....... . 87% India Stock 256% NCent. t 0 ' 1 '4.... ................. 88% Ditto I:onds .... 3 pm. 14er Cent. ; ..................... 57 1 ,•6 Smith Sea Stock 4 1krT,4 Per . : ted 964 Ditto Old Annuities Cent ;:ent 98 Ditto New Annuitic:: 441 .ssented . x.' Bills, IWO/ 2d. 3 t A„, nissented Ditto 500/ 3pm L 1 0 .-" i ties t (),, ,0 6 expire Ditto 500/ 5 pm. ~ la m .. .................... 14 9-16 Bank Stock for Opg. 'a.lki6 ..... .... ............ India Stock for Act. ... Consols for Act. • ...... .. .... ...... thltri ok,iab, 4,_ FOREIGN FUNDS. Bt , - :‘ 1 1, s Per cent ! Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. li,;:lliar k iper cent 102% • Ditto, New Ditto 534 CV 4 ;Is eonds ... ...... SA; . Prussian. 5 per cent. Ai li'lb, 6 Yr ". Ml* ....... .. ' Russian BQnds, 5 per ceut - )j,:pr,t,i ati Per cent . 4O 1 Ditto, Metallic lq9. Isai 6 Per cent. l Spanish, 5 per cent ti t .„lsh, 3 ....................... . ' Ditto. Consolidate(' .20% . 1 1'rek g ' Per cent 74% Freud], 5 per cent f. —c. '.l46e:il ls, Exchange ibt o. 6 ',~... Per cent rt IN cent - per cent. 16 Dutch 2i, er cent. 53% er cent._ Ditto, 5 pe p r cent Illin ni SHA TES. 3 C.lieeSharn and Gloucester Railway tit. pl)arn and Great Western Railway l4 s , t , anway oz.e.een Counties Railwa • to n 't Western Railway 1 4O , 1.. 0 4° , 1 and Brighton Railway (Stevenson's) 22% :fp o ,:la ne r and Greenwich Railwya ester South Union Railway 34 her Variations in the Prices of Shares since our One o'clock, 1 ti List. THEATRE.—Mr. Forrest appeared 4 1 ' °4 ti iaat Tif ilt for the secon d ti me as Othello, and played it, if b w ith more impetuosity of passion and subdued 44 se‘ tles3 of soul than on his first appearance. The At • w4 s crowd e d t owar d s th e commenc ement of the third 0 arias the applause was most enthusiastic. We were , to see that Mr. Forrest paid due regard to the , h ' e ktt his friends ; which, if not of much importance, at I n t e r " to give ()Teeter finish to a performance that R 0 ., %. , e in th e glowing' remembrance of all who have had il-q fortun e to witness it. htiel I ll.—Some sensation was excited here by the Il:'''Ven in some prints respecting the breaking off of ‘74tthetiationsbetw een Russia and Prussia. It is certain gar:c e °ecurrences on the frontier have given occasion to °,o4hit communications. Thus, it is said that some children, who had unwittingly crossed the fron klkitte b een seized and carried off by the Russian frontier t 1 1 41 2. ,,; h 414 1 this had even happened to persons bathing in a at o ere the frontier line was uncertain. It was said d L':uPerier Prussian officer had been suddenly surprise f el lte e ti rit 'g at a considerable distance from the frontier la -INild t oes in the German language, and on inquiry h.le 14Re „" proceeded from Prussian peasants from a vi a tiiU the frontiers, who were on their way to Siberia, for intro ducedohibited coin into the Russian empire ; w i,t l sai P o ()°1 ; Peoplei) had some business in a neighbouring L' i ch i t ,, v l i llage and, to comply with the Russian law by 4 t17 1 .41-,; -u° dY to pass the frontier who has not 10 dollars e u), they had been obliged to borrow all the money the ir in the they village, and had of course received coins ,7ir 1 , 44 kinds. On arriving at the frontier they showed 1 - 7,eyl"eY, but the Russian Guards affirmed that this b' " 48 not ent in Russia, and instead of desiring curr ST i eed t i l l ' to go back, they seized . their money, and con l e n' as a good prize to increase the population of t h l 'cw a ; 0. 4 is true the Prussian officer whom good fortune t Way of the sufferers obtained their release and 4°ll ask of . the money, but it is not every one that is te t ek.. S uch accounts have been before circulated, but • e rili Were Partl leih_ e cd supposed to be exaggerated, and partly Ar o v d r tl ssin o : ado particular tb officers on the frontiers, and the was small in comparison with that 14t e,....e e o e t !hY the in 3 t r elligee m nce that even the actual commercial 4 1 0 - * l e is likely to be interrupted.—Alleenteine Zeitung. of 4 1 0 'II AUD..--It is fortunate for the frequenters are °4 l)4 C'es, that one half the profits of the proprietors I lle a.ned .hY dilution. , eat., Polic e • o, e utiville station erected at the junction of the tn °lll e a t i; G ray's Inn, and Bagnigge Wells-roads, has ttj se r i ou ' a . r°ugh nuisance, and scarcely a day passes but Rf bOv , accident occurs. Yesterday morning, as _a "Med Harrison, was crossing with his little Z-ow l , :a their roadtoschool, they were both knocked e eedt r un aver by a cabriolet, the horse in which was to N, vrArestive.Both children were very severely (3 ,p h it, l l -11 `4 were immediately conveyed to the London e Mar L. t i en-t ad - e.uoness of Anglesey has left the baths of 41 by L er e , i n for Stutgardt. Her Ladyship was . accompa kotltthey wi'lia.lighter, Lady Mary Paget. It is expected ti A Join the Marquis in Paris early in the next t• ale ; et a : l ' 4 a t the expiration f six weeks from the present abet who is .London, accompanied by . Lord Clarence 34 11 with the Noble Marquis. COURT CIRCULAR. The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town at half-past one o'clock yesterday from Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia received his Majesty at St. James's Palace. His Majesty held a Court. Prince Esterbazy, Ambas sador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Austria, had an audience of the King, on his return to this Court. Redschid Bey, the new Ambassador from the Ottoman Porte to this Court in the room of Noory Effendi, accom panied by Talat Effendi, late Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. Sa lame, his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter ; and M. Vogo ridis, Interpreter of Legation, had his first audience of the King, to deliver his credentials. Count St. Martin D'Aglie, the Sardinian 'Minister, had an audience, to take leave for a short time. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Vis count Palmerston, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. _ ._ Sir Hamilton Seymour, his Majesty's Envoy Extrordi nary in Belgium, was presented to the King by Viscount Palmerston, on his return upon leave. His Majesty held a Privy Council, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Depart ments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. M the Council additional polling places were appointed in tio county of Nottingham. A Tice-Admiralty Court was appointed in the island of St. Helena. Some matters were referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Coun cil in Waiting. After the Council the Recorder of London was intro duced, and made a report to the King in Council. His Majesty gave audiences to the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Earl of Minto, Lord John Russell, and the Marquis Conyngham. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and Colonel Armstrong, were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Court broke up at six o'clock. Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Aca demy bad an audience of the King. His Majesty also gave audiences to Baron d'Ompteda, the Hanoverian Minister ; and the Rev. Dr. Kuper. In the evening, soon after seven o'clock, the King, at tended by Sir Herbert Taylor, and escorted by a party of Dragoons, left town on his return to Windsor Castle. Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstal arrived in town on Tuesday evening, from Windsor Castle. Earl Brownlow visited his Serene Highness yesterday at the Queen's House. The Prince visited the Hanoverian Minister yesterday in Grosvenor-place, and in the afternoon left town for Windsor Castle. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Wednesday next to signify his Majesty's approbation of the election of the Lord Mayor elect. On the same day, which is the first day of Michaelmas Term, his Lordship will give the usual break fast to the Judges, King's Counsel, &c., at his residence in Bruton-street. Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell came to town yesterday, from Brocket Hall, Herts. Lord Holland had some of the Cabinet Ministers at din ner, last evening, in South-street. The Vice-Chancellor of Oxford was yesterday presented to the Lord Chancellor, to receive the usual confirmation of his appointment. The Countess Howe expired at Penn House, Amersham, on Tuesday night. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl de Grey, iu St. James's-square, from the Wrest Park; the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, at Mivarts's Hotel, from his seat in Surrey ; the Bat on and Baroness Dimsdale and family, at ditto, from the Continent ; Captain Manning, at ditto, from the Continent ; T. Twigs, Esq., at ditto, from Oxford ; the Rev. F. C. Plumptre, at ditto, from Oxford ; the Rev. Charles J. Ridley, at ditto, from Oxford ; Sir Mark and Lady Mary Singleton in Hertford-street, Mayfair; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square; Capt. Howard, in Piccadilly, from Paris ; Major and Mrs. Rad cliffe, in Park-street, from the Netherlands; Captain John Jer vis, in Cockspur-street, from the Medeterranean ; Colonel and Mrs. Stewart, in Berkeley-square, from Paris ; Captain Russell, in St. James-street, from Paris ; Captain Fox, in Jermyn-street, from the Netherlands ; Captain Milligan, in Waterloo-place, from Lisbon; Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson, in Charles -street, from the West Indies ; J. Simpson, Esq., at Paine's Hotel, from the Continent. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Lady Louisa Pole, from the Earl of Winterton's, Shillinglee-park, for South Hill Park, the seat of the Earl of Limerick ; Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Arcedeckne, from Gros venor. square, for Clevering Hall, Suffolk ; Captain Bartholo mew Scott, for Dublin; Captain Henry Hope Hunter, for the Netherlands; Colonel and Mrs. Allen, for Brighton ; Major and Mrs. Sheldon, for Bath ; Captain Ralph Staple ton, for Paris ; Major and Mrs. Wallace, for Canterbury ; Captain Erasmus Agar, for Portsmouth ; Lieutenant Knox, for the Mediterranean ; Colonel and Mr. Knight, for Bath; Captain Travers, for Berlin; Captain Beauchamp for the Isle of Wight. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and suite, are expected to remain at Westcliff House, Ramsgate, until the end of next month, the mansion having been taken of the proprietor, John Ashley Warre, Esq., until that period. The Earl of Carlisle has been entertaining a select party at Castle Howard. The Noble Earl's second son, the Hon. Captain Howard, M.P. for Rlorpeth, has been appointed to the command of the Wolverine, a fine new sloop of war, just launched. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have arrived in Park-place, St. James's, from Badminton Park. Their Graces left town to-day, on a visit to the Duke of Grafton, at Euston Hall, and thence they go to Newmarket. The Lord Chancellor arrived in Bruton-street (the late residence of Earl Granville), from his seat, Copse Hill, Wimbledon. His Lordship will give his usual dejeuner on Wednesday next, the 2d Nov., to the Judges, King's Counsel, &c., it being the first day of Term. The Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and Lady Denman, have arrived in Portland-place, from a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, in the neigh bourhood of which magnificent scat, the Noble and Learned Lord possesses a small estate. Combo-wood, the estate of the late Lord Liverpool, has just been purchased by the Duke of Cambridge, for the residence of his son, Prince George. It is said that the price given was 35,0001. Lord Brougham returned, yesterday, to his house in Berkeley-square, from a visit to Viscount Melbourne, at Brocket Hall, where he joined a distinguished party of political friends. His Lordship's health seems perfectly re stored, and his spirits are excellent. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael, brother to the Emperor of Russia, is hourly expected in London with his numerous suite. It is stated to be the intention of the Grand Duke to remain some time in this country. A singular and sad fatality seems to have attached itself to the Italian Opera at Paris during the past year. Bellini was followed by Malibran, and now Santini has died of a liver complaint. The intelligence of his death has just reached Paris. We learn from Naples that a physician of that city was sent, by the King's orders, into a province where it was supposed the cholera had made its appearance ; but. was so alarmed by what he saw (or fancied he saw), that he hurried back without fulfilling his mission. The Govern ment, indignant at his cowardice, caused him to be ar rested, and carried back by force to the post he had deserted. The Earl of Winchilsea has arrived at Haverholm Priory, Lincolnshire, from Eastwell Park, Kent, where his Lordship has been on duty for )4 days with the Kent Yeo manry Cavalry. Earl Waldegrave arrived at his seat, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, on Tuesday, from Leamington. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans have returned to Southampton from Winchester. Her Grace has taken a private box in Drury-lane Theatre for the season. visit to his Majesty Louis Philippe. His Excellency and hi sparty visited Braham's theatre on Tuesday night ; and we were glad to see his Excellency, who has always been a great favourite in England, looking so well. We regret to understand that his present visit is to take leave of the Court of St. James's, where he has been so very popular a diplomatist for twenty years. The statement of the Princess Rosa Esterhazy being married is premature, as the cere mony is not to take till Easter. Sir Charles Cockerell is seriously indisposed at Sezincote, in Gloucestershire. The " Nobleman" respecting whom so many para graphs have recently appeared is Lord de R-. His Lordship is on the Continent, and likely to remain there. The Duchess of St. Alban's may be truly said, during her tour in the western counties, to have won " golden opinions," by the judicious distribution of part of her immense wealth. Her Grace was the star of the late Hants Musical Festival, contributing largely to the funds of the County Hospital. Judging from the number of musical festivals throughout the country, and the success attending them, there can be no doubt but that a taste for harmony, and that of the highest order, is rapidly progressing. On Monday week the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Morpeth, and Richard Gordon, Esq., accompanied by Henry Ryan, Esq., visited Ringwood, near Ross. They also visited Woodstock, the seat of Mr. Tighe. On Wednesday, the 19th instant, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, accompanied by the Right Hon. Mr. Arbuthnot, visited the Eastry Union workhouses ; and, having spent some considerable time in examining every de partment, expressed his satisfaction at witnessing the com forts provided for the poor in this establishment, and the excellent manner in which it is conducted. The Ipswich Journal of Saturday says—" We have been requested to contradict the rumour, which has obtained general currency, that Mr. Justice Patteson is about to retire from the bench of Judges. No such inten tion has yet been communicated to his friends resident in Ipswich ; and we believe the report to have originated from some interested individuals, anxious to increase the amount of Ministerial patronage." _ . Prince Czartorysci, President of the Constitu tional Government of Poland, who has fired his residence in Paris, had a revenue of upwards of 70,0001. per annum in his own country. His mother, who is ninety years of age, is also a refugee, but she has still hope of visiting Poland. At Lewes, last Monday, an attorney, named Ben nett, living at Brighton, was fined 201. for an assault on J. Scott, Esq. The defendant paid the fine in a 201. note, on which he had written the following :—" This note paid to the Sheriff of the county of Sussex for a fine inflicted by Mr. Sergeant Doyley on Sydney Walsingharn Bennett, for putting Captain Scott out of his office on 7th September, 1836.—5. W. B. The Earl of Tankerville has introduced a noble pack of stag-hounds into Northumberland. They will throw off during the season in the neighbourhood of his Lordship's splendid residence, Chillingham Castle, near Wooler, and the revival in the north of this fine old Eng lish pastime is highly appreciated by the resident gentry, as well as the public at large within the district.—New castle Journal. Dr. Prange, Professor of Philosophy at the Uni versity of Halle, died lately at the age of 81. The Garden of Plants at Paris, has been gradually increased during the last forty years, until it now extends over a surface of 84 acres. On the Ist of January last it contained . about .526,000 specimens of the animal, vegetable, and mineral world. There are in the gardens, hot-houses, and conservatories, upwards of 10,000 different species of trees and plants. The Tory party in Oxford are mustering all their strength, and making every possible effort to prevent the vacancies which are occasioned by one-third part of the town-council going out, from being filled by Liberals ; but in their eagerness to gain their ends they have been blun dering. This party, a few days ago, sent a petition up to the Lord Chancellor against the persons nominated by the Town Council as trustees of charitable funds, and recom. mending ethers, every one of whom is known to be opposed to Reform. This has created a great sensation in the town, and will cause the rejection of many who would probably but for this have been chosen councillors. Sir Charles Dalbiac on Thursday killed, in a stream belonging to the Duke of Roxburgh, near Kelso, seven salmon, weighing -, 1091b5., and grilse to the amount of 321 b. Such excellent and successful sport we have seldom an opportunity of recording. The Duke of Roxburgh and several other gentlemen enjoyed sport very little infe rior in different parts of the water. As Lientenant Hawdon was walking on Wednesday morning last on the New-road, near Morpeth Castle, a fine fox crossed within a short distance of him, pursued by a cur dog ; the Lieutenant immediately gave chase, and after a short run caught poor reynard by the brush, and brought him home alive in triumph. _ _ _ M. Demetz is accompanied on his mission from France to the United States by M. Blouet, the architect who finished the Triumphal Arch, and is to take plans of the American prisons. The two patent places of receivers fur the duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster, held by the late Sir W. Knighton, has been conferred on Sir Henry Wheatley and Colonel Fox—the former being in the gift of Her Majesty, and the latter in that of Lord Holland. LITERARY PORTRAITS.—THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.-Mr. Colburn, we perceive, has given a new and interesting feature to this popular miscellany, by intro ducing beautifully executed Portraits of the most distin guishe Literary Characters, accompanied by Memoirs. The series was commenced in the last Number, with the likeness of Captain Marryat, and the forthcoming Magazine for November will contain a portrait and Memoir of Horace Smith, Esq., the celebrated author of Brambletye House. • _ YORKSHIRE HUNT BALL.—The Yorkshire Union Hunt gave a grand ball at the Assembly-rooms, York, to about five hundred of the principal nobility and gentry of Yorkshire. The dresses of the ladies were of the most superb description, and this assembly exceeded in magni ficence and splendour the late ball given by Earl de Grey and the officers of the Yorkshire Hussars at these rooms. The band of the 10th Hussars was stationed in the or chestra, and performed in a masterly style selections of the most popular music. A supper, consisting of the rarest dainties, was served up, and reflected great credit upon the purveyor. The following is but a limited list of the rank and wealth present :—Lord and Lady Hunting field, Lord Thomas Cecil, Sir William and Lady Harries, Baron Osten, Lord Hawke, Lady Constable, Lady Foulis, Sir J. Baird, Sir J. Campbell, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, Lady and Mr. Vavaseur, Captain Paget, Co lonel and Mrs. Hall, the Hon. Captain Jocelyn, Sir J. and Lady Simpson, Lady Cockburn, Geucral Maisters, Colonel Wallace, Colonel ,Lloyd, Captain Ewbank, Dr. Atkinson, Colonel. Weinman . , Major and Mrs. Brett, Mr. G. L. Fox, Colonel Thompson, the MiSses Maisters, Co lonel and Mrs. Smith, Dr. Belcombe, Colonel Trench, Major and Mrs. Tempest, Captain and Mrs. Emsall, Captain Battersby, Colonel and Miss Richardson, Dr. Car ridge, Mr. Colquhoun, Captain Williams, Captain Caven dish, Dr. Baker, Dr. Atkinson, Captain Cook, Mr. Co nolly, Captain Hogg, the Misses Chomley, the Misses Smith, Captain Waller, Mr. Roper, Capt. Brown, Captain and Mrs. Newbury, Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax, Captain and Mrs. Dowker, the Hon. Captain Hotham, Captain Wil liams, E. Ibotson, Esq. ; Captain Hodgson, Captain Taylor, Captain Quinton, Captain W. Smith, Mr. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gascoigne, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Thompson, &c. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary meeting for scientific business was held on Tuesday evening, Dr. Bostock, F.R.S., in the chair. The attendance of members was more than ordinarily numerous, and the subjects brought before their notice were of a very interesting character. Mr. Strickland, of Worcester, read an interesting paper on the birds of the Levant, making reference to a very exten sive collection on the table. Mr. Gray, of the British Museum, gave some remarks on the habits of the cuckoo, to show that the female bird is not destitute of maternal affection. His gardener had watched one rearing and at tending its young, alternately with a robin in whose vest it was hatched, feeing them, and at last carrying them off. lie also mentioned a curious fact that was related to him by a friend, that cuckoos often deposited their eggs in the nests of graminivorous birds. He had himself put a hen's egg under a pigeon, which was duly hatched, but the chicken died, through not being supplied with proper food. A number of specimens of shell-fish, from the coast of South America, principally brought over by Lord Byron, were exhibited, and Mr. Harvey remarked on the means of cleaning crustacea so as to preserve them from decay. It consisted simply by throwing them into distilled or rain water, the former of which killed them instantly, and the latter in a short time, and then drying them carefully by the application of heat. He also referre to a table, formed from upwards of 400 variety of specimens which he had transmitted for exhibi tion for three months in the Museum, and likewise exhibited the head of a large horse-shoe bat, expressing his conviction that the speed and peculiarities of flying were owing to the superiority of hearing, the internal ear being as perfectly developed as in the human species. Mr. Owen also referred it to the high sensibility of the species, and the impression on the facial nerves created by the recoil of the air. Mr. Ogleby made some remarks on two of the newest species of ruminating animals, being antelopes from Senegal ; and Mn Gould exhibited the new species of birds from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, one of which, ptilonorhyncus maculate, was characterized by an extremely and beautiful crimson band round the neck. The meeting, which did not separate till a late hour, adjourned to the Bth of November, - The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are now at St. Petersburg, whence they are expected to travel via Berlin to England, having, since their departure from England, made the tour of the Northern Courts of Europe. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are said to be on the eve of making another Continental tour. Their Graces are expected to winter in Italy. The Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond intend to pass the winter at Brighton. Lord Berehaven and his noble bride, daughter of the Marquis, arc passing the honey moon at the seat of the Earl of Bantrv, in the county of Cork. The Earl and Countess of Charleville are gone to stay at their seat, Charleville H a ll, i n I re l an d, for the first time since his Lordship's succession to the title. Her Lady ship, rho is niece to the Duke of Argyll, is subject to fre quent attacks of illness, but they are sudden, and not of long duration. The remains of the late Count de Salis were interred yesterday in the family vault at Harlington, Middlesex. We have authority for stating that Count Peter de Salis, the son of the late Count by a former marriage, suc ceeds to the title and estates of his father, and not Count Rodolph, as mentioned in our paper of the 25th inst. Prince Esterhazy, his son, and Count Waldsteine, arrived at Chandos House on Monday evening from Vienna via Paris, where the Prince and his son have been on a THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1536. IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 25. THE TITHE SLAUGHTER.—We have not yet been made acquainted with the results of the Inquest upon the body of the murdered man, of Dunkerrin ; nnr have learned, whether Hogan, one of the Rebellion Ruffians, has died of his beating. We learn, however, it is probable, if not ac tually dead, that he will not survive. The General Associatibh sent down an agent to Dun kerrin on Sunday, to be present at the investigation, so that we shall have, through the official quarter, on Thurs day, a full and authentic account of all the circumstances attending the Church-murder in question. In the mean time, the Official Gazette of the Rebellion Ruffians, the abettor and inciter of Church-murder (the Evening Mail) has put forth a statement, purporting to be written by Philip Ryan, one of the Ruffians aforesaid. The .Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday last, from which Journal the above is extracted, then proceeds to dissect Ryan's account of the transaction, and shows by the state ment of the " rebellion ruffian" himself, that the people did not wish to harm the police, and that they drew a distinc tion between those persons who were compelled to discharge an odious duty, and the agents of the Church Establishment. Our Contemporary concludes his remarks on the Dunker rin slaughter in the following unanswerable terms :—lt ap pears from some accounts which have reached us, as we write, that Ryan fired the fatal shot. As it is, we think certain that he will be tried for the homicide—upon this part of the subject we shall say no more. Why, then, did the police fire ? To protect Philip Ryan ! But why should they be called upon to protect a man in a lawless and des perate calling—although that man happens to be armed with a commission from the Barons of the Exchequer. The duty of the police is to preserve the peace : and not to be aiding and abetting in a process which leads to its constant violation. But, so long as the police are to be made the mere servants of the "Rebellion Ruffians" and their hum ble dependant, the Established Church, so long will this country continue in a state of suppressed insurrection. On the subject of this atrocious massacre the Freeman indignantly asks, " Will the blood-baptised establishment be allowed to triumph another year in the misery of its own creating—in the blood that it almost daily sheds—in the tears of the widow and the orphanage of her helpless chil dren ? No, no ;by the ten thousand massacres it has caused, THE ESTABLISHMENT MUST COME DOWN!" DEAN HAWKINS.—There are now lying in Newgate four poor creatures from this same parish of Dunkerrin, for contempt. They were seized, we understand, by some of the ruffians, and carted off to Dublin. They were pre sented by the Church authorities to the Four Courts Mar shalsea, and refused by the Marshal. They were then discharged—and, according to our statement, a few hours after they were again seized, and thrust into Newgate, where they are now lying, in a state of starvation. That Dean Hawkins, who, only until .lately, has been an ab sentee Dean, has afforded them any support in their dis tress, it were bootless to inquire. Bnt, so long as the Church continues its war upon the people— So long the merry reign shall be Of Captain Rock and his family. Dublin Evening Post. We shall now turn to another quarter. By the follow ing extract from the Wexford Independent, it will be seen that the active spirits are at work in this quarter : The Dean of Clough has already opened the tithe cam paign with heavy odds. Thousands upon thousands of the people spontaneously and peaceably attend his abortive but dangerous exhibitions. This Dean Moore, if we mistake not, is one of the Elringtonian pets, and if we remember rightly, he was translated by the late and last Bishop of Ferns from the rectory of Killurin to the deanery of Clough —a very good sign of petship—but it was only to make room for another collateral pet—Booker, who, we have no doubt, will in his own good time, prove himself quite worthy of his vocation. Let our readers mark it well, that the tithe campaign, about to burst forth upon this county, will be chiefly con fined to the Elringtonian clan, and immediate adherents, from his primogenial divinity doctor, down to the tip of his long episcopal tail. What an unparalleled misery to be obliged to behold the unearned fruits of the laborious indus try of a whole eastern county thus mercilessly devoured ! We are credibly informed that a tithe auction is about to take place in a few days, at the suit of the Prcstonian exe cutors of the late and last bishop, at Boro Hill, the 'pro perty of that unflinching and sterling patriot, Cob Fitz henry, who is determined to let the law take its course. There must be something besides a true zeal for religion in this new and hitherto unheard of mode of parscnic tithe warfare. Perhaps they are become the willing dupes of intriguing Toryistn to convulse the empire, in the desperate hope of being themselves enabled to re-enjoy another reign of clerical rapine. THE REGISTRIES.—The Reformers have signally de feated the Destructives in the counties of Dublin, Carlow, Leitrim and Mayo. Even in Sligo the pretended success of Toryism at Ballymote turns out a mere empty boast, for the Liberals gained a majority, the Destructives hav ing only registered four in the whole registry ! REPRESENTATION OF CORK.—The D ublin Evening Post congratulates the constituency of Cork, for having obtained in the person of E. B. Roche, Esq., son of Edward Roche, of Tarabolgan, a fit candidate. "He has (says our Contemporary) great claims upon the support of the Libe ral interest of the great county for which he will offer him self—claims which will be universally recognised." INQUIRY AT THB PAYING BOARD.—In the course of the investigation this day, the Commissioner, Mr. Stock, announced that the Court would not terminate its sittings without examining Colonel Morris, one of the Commission ers of Paving. On a previous day, as has already been stated, Colonel Morris declined to answer questions relatinc , to conversations with Alderman Smyth, touching the sub ject of inquiry. ORANGE P R OCESSIONS.—At the Newry Quarter Ses sions, on Friday, Thomas Ginnep and six other persons, were tried for assaulting the police, after an Orange pro cession, on the 12th of July, at Dromore. The prisoners wore all found Guilty, and sentenced to six months' impri sonment and hard labour. The Crown prosecuted. THE CROPS.—Lamentable accounts of the state of the crops have been received from Galway and Donegal. THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY.—At the Kilkenny Ses sions, the assistant barrister, N. P. O'Gorman, Esq., de clared, in the most praiseworthy manner, that he would lean against every technical objection, and in favour of the claim ant for registration. A man named Archer, who wished to have his franchise registered, was asked by his Worship, What tithes do you pay ? Archer (with a knowing look) Musha, begor, Sir, I don't pay any. Mr. Kenny Purcell— lie doesn't pay tithes, Sir, because it's not the custom of the country to do so—(Laughter)---and your worship knows that the " custom of the country" often makes old laws obsolete or unnecessary. The Barrister—Oh ! I know the custom of the county. Kilkenny is not to pay tithes, but I want to know to what amount of tithes he is liable. Archer stated he was not charged with any. JUSTICE RENT.—Meetings in various parts,of the coun try are almost daily held, for the ptirpose of establishing and collecting the Justice Rent. On the part of the farmers as well as the other classes, a disposition to provide funds for this national object is general and zealous. The Cork Standard says that it is a " scheme of Mr. O'Connell's for fleecing the poor of their shillings." Nothing is easier than for an unscrupulous person to make an assertion contrary to fact and universal knowledge ; but in order that it be believed, the lie must at least have an air of truth and pro bability. If the Standard were only half as liberal with respect to proof and argument as he is rife with abuse, and prodigal of mere assertion, he would deserve more notice than we are in his present course prepared to bestow on him and his unscrupulous declarations. Colonel Burdett, eldest son of Sir Francis, has returned home from a tour in Russia. Four of the twelve statues on the Pont de la Concorde are already taken down from their pedestals— namely, those of Cond6, Dughesclin, Richelieu, and Sully They are being packed in very strong cases, for the purpose of being conveyed to Versailles. Each of them weighs 30,0001b5. All the heads of the house of Rothschild are at this moment assembled at Paris. The death of M. Roths child, of London, has rendered a re-organisation of their partnership necessary. It appears that the branch at Paris will, in future, be the centre of all the grand opera tions in which they engage.—Courrier Francais. The population of Paris is asserted to amount nearly to 1,000,000 ; whereas, at the last census, which was taken in 1829, it was only 816,480 persons. One hundred and fifty tons of iron ore are shipped from Ulverstone weekly. A very brisk demand prevails for this article at present. Further information is contained .in the German papers respecting the progress of the Danube and Mayne canal which it is now expected will be opened for navigation in less than six years. In consequence of the dryness of the summers of 1834 and 1835, it became requisite to exa mine the quantity of water in the springs and rivulets, des tined to supply the canal between Neumarkt and Burgthann, and the result has been most satisfactory. Notwithstanding so much dryness, there remained three times more water than would be ordinarily required. Thus, if it were requi site, reservoirs could be easily formed. It being desired that the canal between the commercial cities of Nurernburg and Bamberg should be first completed, that is to be done, there being no impediment, and that will bring the canal sooner into general utility. The favourable character of the localities would facilitate the speedy completion of this part of the canal- To render the canal navigable after its first formation, not only seve ra l s t r e ams will b e e mpl o yed, but the wa ters of the rive Regnitz will be diverted for the purpose. AMERICAN PAPERS. New York papers are received at the North and South American Coffeehouse to 2d October. The Exchange on London comes 8f ; United States Bank Shares, 1191. From the above papers—from the South : " We have received our files of Charleston papers to the evening of the 24th of September. They furnish us with copious details of murders and butcheries committed by the Indians on defenceless whites in Florida ; the last accounts were brought by Captain Pennoyer, arrived at Charleston on the 23d from St. Augustine, who informs us that a large portion of the troops are suffering from disease, but that preparations were making to open an early campaign. There does not appear to be any diminution of the cholera in Charleston, but the papers do not give any further ac counts of the progress of the disease. Another unsuccess ful attempt has been made by a Spaniard to rescue Santa, Anna. Upon being examined, he stated that he was em ployed by the Mexican Consul at New Orleans. The Texian army, about 3,000 strong, had removed their en campment near Mataguda Bay." United States Consulate, La Guayra, Aug. 3. I hasten to transmit to you a translated copy of an order, or decree, just published, on the subject of banished indi viduals, and interesting to our merchants. BENJAMIN RENSHAW. REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA. " DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE, CARRACAS.—The Go vernment having taken into consideration the several com munications addressed to it by the Charge d'Affairs of his Britannic Majesty and the United States, as likewise the Consul of France, relative to the resolution of the 19th July last, and perceiving that they have not been able to avail themselves of the whole terms therein specified, in order to give the necessary information to the commercial com munity of their respective nations, have resolved, firstly, that the above-mentioned resolution of the 19th of July shall be no longer in force in all cases wherein the captain of any vessel bringing into a port of the Republic one or more of those who fled the country, or were expelled, shall deliver them over to the local authorities, in order that they may be dealt with according to the laws of the country. MONTREAL PAPERS TO THE 29TH SEPTEMBER :—The paper of the 27th September contains a copy of a long address of the House of Assembly to his Excellency's speech :—" We congratulate the English inhabitants of this province on the inflexibility of its tone. If the Assembly be sincere, it will consign our truckling ruler to the merited fate of miserable disappointment. It is generally rumoured that the Session will not last many days." FROM THE MONTREAL PAPER OF THE 27th SEPTEMBER : The address presented by the Assembly in answer to his Excellency's speech from the Throne, affords much room for rejoicing to the Constitutionalists in the Province, by their determination to adhere to their demand for the revolution of the Legislative Council, before they vote the supplies. The Assembly have fairly put it out of his Excellency's power to continue longer his game of see-saw. FROM MEXICO.--By an arrival at New Orleans from Vera Cruz, the New Orleans Bee has received letters from that place to the 27th of August, and from the city of Mexico to the 18th. Great preparations were making in Mexico by the Minister of War to equip the army of ope ration against Texas. The new Commander-in-Chief would either be Bustamente or General Bravo. A proclamation of five and a half columns by the Congress calls all Mexi cans to arms, so as to continue the war against Texas. By the barque Ann Elizabeth, which arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz, we have received papers four days later, to 31st of August inclusive, than those from New Orleans. The dates from the city of Mexico are to the 24th ; but they furnish nothing of particular interest. The paper speaks of the perfect union which exists between the Exe cutive and Legislative powers of the country, especially with regard to Texean affairs. A postscript to a letter from Vera Cruz, dated Aug. 31, to a merchant in New York, says :—By the mail of to-day, from the city of Mexico, we have received private intelligence that the Chambers have passed a law, admitting the Spanish flag into all the ports of the Republic for all mercantile purposes. It would appear that Prince Polignac and his family contemplate sojourning near the metropolis. An agent has been lookinc , out for a small villa in the vicinity of the Re gent's Park, as a suitable residence for the ex-Minister's establishment. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON THREE YOUNG MEN. —On Sunday morning last, about three o'clock, three young men, who are all respectably connected, named Cutler George, an engineer, employed in the Union Brewery, Lambeth ; James Smith, a cooper ; and Samuel Sudd, a master bricklayer, went out on a shooting excursion towards the Essex Marshes, when they were met by seven notorious thieves in the East India-road, Poplar, who were returning from Barking fair, where, it appears, they had attacked many persons, and committed several robberies. The fellows began abusing George and his friends, and challenged them to fight. They declined the offer, and the thieves attempted to fasten a quarrel on the young men, and endeavoured to take away a setter-dog, which George was leading in a string. He remonstrated with the fellows, but to no effect, and one of them struck him, on which George knocked down 'three of them in succession with the butt-end of his gun, which he drew from his pocket. The others, who were severely maltreating his companions, and using every means to rob them of their property, left Sudd and Smith, and fell upon George, who defended himself for some time ; but his friends having left him and retreated from the spot, he was overpowered by numbers and knocked down. The thieves kicked and beat him in a most savage manner, and after rendering him quite insensible they rifled his pockets, from which they took 16s. 6d., all the money he had about him, and left him for dead on the ground. He called out loudly for the police while the thieves were beating and robbing him, but it was some time before any policeman arrived, who gave every assistance in his power, and by the aid of Smith and Sudd, who returned after the ruffians had fled, the unfortunate man, who was bleeding profusely, was removed to the Abbey Arms, at Plaistow, whence he was removed next day to his own home. He is in a very de plorable condition, and was kicked in a most inhuman manner about the head and body, and repeatedly jumped upon. His cowardly assailants made their escape in the direction of the Eel-pie House before the police made their appearance, and if George's companions had behaved with half the courage he displayed, there is no doubt they would have been all secured and brought to justice. They dropped a portion of the silver of which they robbed George in the road during the struggle, and it was picked up by the policeman. MR. O'CONNELL'S VOTE ON THE FACTORY QUESTION.—The Manchester Guardian of yesterday con tains copies of the correspondence which has taken place between Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Condy, and Mr. Oastler, to gether with the following extract from a long letter pub lished last Saturday by M r Bell, detailing the circumstances under which the statement respecting Mr. Potter and Mr. O'Connell was made. " I then added," writes Mr. Bell, " that I had always considered, that when Mr. O'Connell coalesced with the bloody and brutal Whigs,' he had bar gained to support them on all their ministerial questions, when they were bard pushed ; and as they felt thernselves, without his aid, beaten on the factory queition, they had reminded him of the contract, and that in defiance of all his solemn pledges, they had demanded their bond." This,' I said, bad been my impression with regard to Mr. O'Con nell's conduct on the factory question, until my recent visit to Manchester, where I had seen Mr. Condy, who was a Radical, a sterling friend of the working classes, and who was the personal friend and great snpporter of Mr. O'Connell. That, from him, I had learned the fol lowing facts. That previous to the late English Whig subscription for Mr. O'Connell, Mr. O'Connell was in such embarrassed circumstances, that be must inevit ably have retired from Parliament, unless funds could be raised to meet his engagements ; that, in con sequence, his friends had applied to the Whigs, and that they had commenced -an English subscription, for the sole purpose of enabling him to remain in Parliament ; and that Mr. Potter had made a direct bargain with Mr. O'Con nell, that if he would support the mill owners on the factory question, then, that. he, Mr. Potter, would guarantee to Mr. O'Connell one thousand pounds from Manchester. I expressed to Mr. Condy that in my opinion Mr. O'Connell could not be driven from Parliament by poverty, and that I could hardly suppose he would be such a fool as to make a direct bargain for his vote. Mr. Condy assured me that what he had stated was the fact ; that seven hundred pounds had already been paid down by Mr. Potter to Mr. O'Connell, and that Mr. Costello, the agent of Mr. O'Connell (in whose company be, Mr. Condy, had been), was at that very time in Manchester for the purpose of looking after the remaining three , hundred p oun d s. " The Guardian' takes leave of the he and its concoctors, observing that " the original ch ar g e against 111 r. O'Connell, Mr. Potter, and the "other mill-owners, having been thus satisfactorily disposed of , we leave the oth er part i es con cerned to settle the rest of the matter amongst themselves, as best they may. ' Th e quarrel is a very pretty quarre l as it stands ;' and the disputants may eith er l eave it o r pursue it, without any interference on our p ar t, and w e be lieve, without at all interesting the p u bli c , w h o d o no t care sixpence about th eir res p ectiv e shares in the invention." An awful instance of sudden death occurred yester day to Mr.Meresr. porter to th e S t . P e t er ' s G rammar School, . the po or man arose as usua l a t half ' past six o clock, and was proceeding to his customary duties, when he was seized with a spasm of the heart, L uttered the exclamation—' , God have mercy on my soul," and died instantly, before any medical aid could be pro , cured. He wa s a man muc h respecte d b y every b o dy who knew him. --A Coroner's inquest was held last evening before J. H. GELL, Esq., when a verdict was unanimously returned of—" Died by the visitation of God." THE WINE TRADE. The total importation of all wines into the United King dom for the year 1835, amounts to 9,039,551 gallons, being a decrease, as compared with the importations of the pre ceding year, of 726,565 gallons ; this is immense. The total deliveries from bond, for home consumption and ex portation, for 1835, are 8,293,930 gallons, being an in crease over 1834 of 174,258 gallons. The total stock of wines in the United Kingdom of all sorts, on the sth of January last, amounted to 9,776,140 gallons, which shows an increase upon the previous year's stock of 690,598 gallons. PORTS.—The importation of Portugal wines, during 1835, amounted to 4,269,890 gallons, or upwards of 37,000 pipes. The deliveries for home consumption, 2,780,02 gallons, being a trifling decrease as compared with 1834. The export deliveries of Ports were 475,084 gallons, show ilyg an increase upon 1834 of 178,546 gallons. The stock of Ports in bond, on the sth January last, was 4,218,264 gallons, or nearly 37,000 pipes, the London stock alone, in August last, being 24,100 pipes, showing an increase, as compared with the same stock upon the sth January last, of 3,250 pipes, so that if the out-ports have increased in the same proportion, the market must remain heavy. THE VINTAGE.--No material difference, of opinion, it is thought, can exist as regards the Port vintage of 1835. The rain commenced on the 19th September of that year, and continued until the 12th October, during nearly the whole of the gathering, which destroyed all previous hopes of a favourable vintage. Almost all the grapes were ga thered in rain ; and the vintage, therefore, as regards qua lity, must be held as a failure, although as to quantity it was an average crop. The Port Wine trade is now under a new system, which has not yet had time to develop it,- self ; the future value of Ports, therefore, cannot be stated, although it must not be forgot that the trade in Portugal is unrestricted, and that increased facilities are thereby af forded to the merchant and grower. SHERRIES.—The total importation of Sherries last year amounted to 2,732,028 gallons, or 23,756 pipes, being a de crease upon the previous year of 714,535 gallons, or 6,213 pipes. The total deliveries of Spanish wines for home con sumption last year are 2,230,187 gallons, being a decrease upon the former year of 49,666 gallons. The deliveries of the present year will tend to decide whether this article has arrived at its maximum demand for home use. The total stock of Spanish wines on sth January last was 3,699,239 gallons, a decrease upon the previous year of 241,282 gal lons. This evidently arises from a diminished supply, and is calculated to relieve, in some degree, the great pressure on the market, and thereby facilitate sales. The stock, how.. ever, is too heavy, and the holders too pressing, to afford a prospect of any improvement in prices. The London stock alone, on the 31st August last, was 21,716 butts. The vintage of 1835, both as to quality and quantity, is held to be a full average. MADEIRA.—The importation of this wine, which of late years has been languishing in the British market, amounted to 204,825 gallons only, being a decrease of 167,873 gallons upon the previous year. The vintage of 1833 is represented as being deficient both as to quality and quantity. FRENCH WINES.—The total importation of these wines last year was 370,446 gallons, being 7,070 gallons more than the imports of 1834. The total home consumption deliveries of 1835, were 271,661, being an increase over those of 1834 of 11,031 gallons. The stock of French wines on the sth of January was 349,350 gallons, showing a decrease, as compared with that of January 1835, of 38,786 gallons. The Claret vintage of last year is consi dered a failure as to quality ; it is deficient in body and colour, and vapid in flavour. The Clarets of 1834, con cerninc, which so much difference of opinion existed, ap peared to have materially improved, and have been sought after as the only available wines to succeed the vintage of 1831. A good Claret vintage is much wanted, and the present year promises this, unless spoiled by the weather before it can be realised. Although the home demand for French wines in 1835 appears to have slightly increased, this im provement is not applicable to Claret. Champagne has materially increased in consumption, and the French Ports have also swelled the home deliveries. The remarks relat ing to Cape and other cheap wines, now almost abandoned by the respectable portion of the trade, are of too little in terest to be extracted. Port, Sherry, and Claret, seem the staple articles of British use. SUGAR DUTIES AND DRAWBACKS. It is surprising that the people of this country have so long submitted to the high price of sugar, without raising their voices against it. It is pretended, and was probably intended originally, that the drawback of duty on refined sugar, when exported, should be equivalcat only to the duty actually paid upon it on importation in its raw state. The calculation of the relative proportions of sugar and treacle runs thus : Duty on 1121 b. of British Muscovado Sugar is ....E1 4 0 Which, on being refined, is considered to produce 611 b. Refined Sugar, drawback on export 1 0 0. 181 b. Bastard Sugar, ditto 1 3 10-41 281 b. Treacle, which escapes free of duty into home consumption • 0 2 3 51b. Waste. 1 6 1 4 1 0 2 Bounty When the above calcula - tion was adopted, it was probably not far from correct ; but it is well known that the art of sugar-refining was not then so well understood at the pre sent day. At that period there was neither boiling in vacuum pans, nor clarifying by means of charcoal filters. These re cent improvements enable the skilful refiner to produce more refined sugars, and consequently far less bastard and treacle. Some of them boast of being able to produce 89 to 901135. of refined, of a quality to pass the Custom-house standard, and obtain the higher bounty of 43s;per cwt. In this way a large bounty is obtained, and the revenue in a manner de frauded. Thus the stock of raw sugar is reduced, and its price increased upon the consumers of this country by premium paid by themselves. But without prying into the secrets of the refiners for in formation to make out our case, very conclusive evidence may be gathered from the prices current of the day, that there is something radically wronc , in the practice. By these publications we are informed that the average price of raw sugar, exclusive of Customs' duty, is 2/. 55., and that the price of double refined loaf sugar for exportation is 2/. 4s. 6d. Thus refined sugar is sold by the refiner cheaper than the raw sugar from which it is produced. It is therefore high time that some change should take place, for the sake of the revenue, and to save the people of this country from paying more for their sugar than the con sumers of any other country in Europe or America. Long ago it was suggested that the refining business should be carried on in bond, under the King's locks ; and it is said that Mr. Pitt, immediately before his death, had resolved on having this practice carried into effect. There is posi tively no other safe method for all parties of refining sugars for exportation ; and in this way the refiner for fo ' reign markets could work both foreign and. British sugars, or either of them as he might think fit, and the Excise officers would take care that none of the goods produced should escape, into the home market. And the refiner would have perfect liberty to apply all his chemical sci ence to produce all he possibly could from the raw mate rial ; and if, as some assert, he can change the character of treacle, and turn it into chrystals, the revenue could not suffer from the me tamorphosis.—Evening Paper. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, a poor woman named Taylor, residing at No. 13, Plumtree-court, Shoe-lane, Holborn, whilst attending to some domestic bu siness, left her child, about two years of age, in the care of her daughter, a g irl about nine years old, w h o l e ft i t on a table near the first-floor window. The unfortunate child made a spring, and was precipitated head foremost into the street. The screams of the mother alarmed the neighbours, who all thought the child was killed. Its head, however, fell upon a heap of mud in the kennel, and a medical gen tleman, who was immediately called, ascertained that the child was not in the least injured, with the exception of a slight graze on the elbow. THE RED ROVER STEAMER.—Yesterday after noon the Red Rover steam packet, which was sunk on Monday in the last week, by the collision with the Magnet, a Margate steamer, near the Nore Lights, was towed, up the River by the Waterloo, a small steam lug, and hauled into Fletcher and Fearnall's dock, at Limehouse. A great con course of persons was assembled to witness the arrival of the ill-fated vessel, the appearance of which excited great curio sity. She appears to have met with most extensive damage, and was brought up from Long Reach, near Northfieet, where she had been lying for the last two days, after she had been sufficiently patched over at Sheerness to send her afloat. The Magnet, which was only slightly damaged, ' must have struck the Red Rover with great force a little before the bits on the starboard side, cutting her down within four streaks of the keel. All the deck was cut away to the other side, and the funnel was broken. Indeed the vessel was a complete wreck. The steward, who was oh board yesterday collecting the remains of his property, is a very great loser by the loss and breakage of cabin and other stores. The machinery and engines of the Red Rover are rusted and covered with mud and sand. The water was above five fathoms and a half above her decks when she sunk, and the interior was filled with mud and sand. The vessel will undergo a thorough repair in Fletcher and Fear nail's dock, where she was built ; her cabins and bows will be rebuilt, and she will be ready for excursions before the commencement of the next summer season. The Red Rover was eleven minutes sinking after she was struck by the Magnet, and it was seven minutes after the collision when the last passenger left her. ;, r